IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 09/01/2009

Web designers admit to trashing client's Web site
Executives from a Seattle-area consulting company are facing prison time after pleading guilty to charges that they wiped a client's Web site off the Internet following a contract dispute.

Your Genome is Just a Click Away
In the 1997 science fiction thriller Gattaca, Ethan Hawke's character fights to make a life for himself in a world where pervasive genetic testing and manipulation has left the imperfect by the wayside. At the time, it was easy to dismiss the film as a futuristic flight of fancy, not an issue that people would be facing in the next 10 years. After all, the Humane Genome Initiative already had spent years trying to sequence a single man's DNA, and had years left to go.

Scandal raises questions about Satyam's ability to retain U.S. customers
The disclosure that executives at Satyam Computer Services engaged in fraudulent accounting has potentially big implications for U.S. companies that rely on the offshore outsourcing vendor.

Oracle to issue 41 security patches
Oracle Corp. will issue 41 security patches next Tuesday addressing vulnerabilities across "hundreds" of its products.
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Intel-backed Enterprise 2.0 suite is discontinued
An Intel-backed suite of Enterprise 2.0 software, announced with much fanfare just over two years ago, is being put out to pasture.

Would you cut off 10 Facebook friends for a Whopper?
Burger King has launched an application for Facebook users that offers a free burger for every 10 people cut from an online friends list.

CES: Palm Pre features touch screen, new OS
Palm has announced a new operating system running on a new smart phone called the Palm Pre, which will ship by July exclusively on the Sprint Nextel 3G network.

Alternative methods of zooming in Excel 2008

One of the things I don't like about Excel 2008 is that setting zoom levels is a bit more complex than it need be. If you use Excel's View -> Zoom menu, this opens a new window, from which you then need to select a radio button, or type in your custom zoom level. If you use the toolbar's Zoom icon, you're limited to a few settings without the ability to choose a custom zoom level. So here are two additional methods of zooming that I find simpler to use.

FAQ: How to get the Windows 7 beta

Late Wednesday, Microsoft unveiled the public beta for Windows 7. But where can you get it, how do you install it and what do you need to patch after you have it on your PC? Questions, everyone has questions. We have some of the answers.

Unix tip: Inter-host trust on Unix, part 1

Inter-host trust can be a boon to user productivity and a nightmare to sysadmins. Here's how it works using rsh (remote shell) configuration files. Next week, we'll look at ssh.

Computer Maintenance Contract Subcontracting for National Service Organizations

Many small business IT consultants wonder as they are starting their businesses whether or not they should do computer maintenance contract subcontracting for national service organizations.

E-mail snafu exposes names of confidential witnesses

From the how-not-to-keep-a-secret department comes the tale of an official at U.S Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald's office in Chicago who inadvertently e-mailed a document containing the names of more than 20 confidential witnesses in a federal probe to the media.

Fake CNN malware attack spins Gaza angle

Hackers have launched a large-scale spam attack masquerading as CNN.com news notifications about the Israeli invasion of Gaza, security researchers said Thursday, in a repeat of a massive campaign last summer that also posed as CNN alerts.

Microsoft slates single Windows patch for Tuesday

Microsoft Thursday said it will issue just one security update next week, down dramatically from last month's record-setting eight updates that patched 28 vulnerabilities.

Verizon service steps up analysis of security risks

Verizon Business is boosting the vulnerability-scanning and risk-correlation capabilities in its managed security services lineup.

PC is just one of 'three screens,' Ballmer says

Computing has spread from PCs to phones and TVs, and Windows will be on them all, CEO Ballmer said Wednesday.

CSI: Bodily fluids

Cops are using DNA from the most unlikely places -- tobacco-spit stains and blood-filled mosquitos -- to solve crimes.

Dual-mode smartphones help boost Wi-Fi shipments

Wi-Fi chip shipments rose 26 percent in 2008 on the strength of consumer electronics and new kinds of laptops.

IT faces tough start to 2009

Cost cuts from EMC, Lenovo and others, and earnings warnings from Intel and Time Warner, are putting a damper on the 2009 outlook for IT.

Vendors see good times for wireless despite downturn

Despite the downturn, the future is bright for wireless, even in the immediate future as the recession lingers, according to a sampling of vendors and operators at the International CES trade show.

Friday, January 9, 2009

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 09/01/2009

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